On \(L^1\)-estimates of derivatives of univalent rational functions (Q2408401)

Let \(\mathcal{RU}_n\) be the class of univalent rational functions, of degree at most \(n\), in the unit disk \(\mathbb{D}\), without poles in \(\overline{\mathbb{D}}\). Let \(l(R)=\int_\mathbb{T}|R'(z)|dm(z)\); here \(\mathbb{T}=\partial \mathbb{D}\), \(dm(z)=|dz|/(2\pi)\) is the normalized Lebesgue measure on \(\mathbb{T}\), \(R\in\mathcal{RU}_n\). The main aim of the paper is to estimate the value \(\gamma_0:=\limsup_{n\to\infty}\sup_{R\in \mathcal{RU}_n, \|R\|_{\infty,\mathbb{T}\leq 1}} \log l(R)/\log n\) where \(\|R\|_{\infty,\mathbb{T}}=\sup\{|f(z)|: z\in \mathbb{T}\}\). Theorem~1.2 states that \(B_b(1)\leq \gamma_0\leq 1/2\); here \(B_b(t)\) is the integral means spectrum for bounded univalent functions. The authors also discuss a result by \textit{E. P. Dolzhenko} [Anal. Math. 4, 247--265 (1978; Zbl 0425.41027)] on estimates of integral means for derivatives of (multivalued) bounded in \(\overline{\mathbb{D}}\) rational functions and give a new shorter proof of the fact. At the final part of the paper, connection with Nevanlinna domains and other related topics are given as well.